Wabash Depot, Milmine, Ill., in 1905. The station was moved to Bement in 1929.

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Wabash Station, Bement.

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Bement Fire Protection District, 1951.

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Bement Fire Protection District, 1952.

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John McNamee variety store, an early Bement business.

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Poet Carl Sandburg visiting Bement.

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Carleton Smith and Carl Sandburg in Bement.

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Interior of Bement tavern, with William Goddard and Hank Boring at the counter, 1895.

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North edge of Bement, looking north at the inter-urban crossing.

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Bement band.

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Dye Radio and Electric Shop and Koebel Medicine Shop, 330 W. Bodman St., Bement in 1940. Peggy Koebel is by the auto.

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After the old depot was hit by a train in 1931, a rail car was used as the new depot.

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Inside the Bement Theatre, prior to Dec., 1953.

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Entrance to the Bement Theatre prior to Dec., 1953.

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Bement telephone operators.

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Experimental strip of oil road east of Bement, Sept. 1908. Dio Rittenhouse and Grow Burgess are at the far right.

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Northwest corner of Bodman and Morgan streets, 1955.

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Bradley Harness Shop, 1900.

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Bement during the 1955 Centennial celebration.

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Bodman St. west of Macon St., 1955.

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Frances Sebens shows off the latest technology to Lew Willkinson and John Hardiman at Bement Bank in 1955.

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Marilyn Monroe with Carleton Smith in Bement.

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Charles Strohl with Marilyn Monroe in Bement.

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Sen. William B. McKinley made a brief stop in Bement Feb. 16, 1922, with Gen. John J. Pershing. McKinley is pictured here with Sid Morgan, Commander of the Bement American Legion.

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General John J. Pershing delivers a five minute talk to a crowd of about 700 people in Bement at the interurban station on Feb. 16, 1922. Pictured on the right is Sid Morgan, Commander of the Bement American Legion.